RAFT LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF203-CSO1
RAFT LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Defense in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $49,997. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Topic code AF203-CSO1 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $49,997
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF203-CSO1
- Solicitation
- X20.3
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- VA
- Period
- 2021-02-04 → 2021-05-03
Description
Raft’s technology utilizes Apache Kafka and MQTT proxy bridge to enable highly reliable data streams from edge systems in low bandwidth areas with little to no connectivity. The data streams can be replicated onto multiple devices so that actions can be taken onto event streams. The data from edge weapon systems is polled to a MQTT proxy whenever there is connectivity. The proxy publishes the data to a highly available Kafka cluster with several topics. Multiple DevSecOps automated actions can subscribe to the data in the Kafka cluster and push updates out to the edge systems using Hardware In the Loop (HIL).